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Former Chief Judge Calls for More Youth Courts
Citing the work of the Center for Court Innovation—including its Staten Island Youth Court—former New York State Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye calls for the creation of more youth courts as an early intervention strategy for at-risk teenagers.
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New York Times highlights community service projects
A New York Times article about celebrities assigned to community service mentions a number of Center for Court Innovation projects, including NYC Community Cleanup and Bronx Community Solutions.
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New Jersey Public Television Spotlights Newark Youth Court
"Due Process," a public affairs show on NJN (The New Jersey Public Television and Radio Network) features the work of the Newark Youth Court.
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Failure: Public Policy's Stepladder to Success
In July 2010, the Urban Institute organized a forum to explore the lessons to be learned from failed public policies and programs. Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform, the Center's book on failure was featured at the event.
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Glorious Failures
The Economist on "Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform."
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Comic Book-Style Poster Aims to Demystify Juvenile Justice Process
"I got arrested! NOW WHAT?"--a poster created by the teenage participants in the Center for Court Innovation's Youth Justice Board--is featured in a front page story in the New York Law Journal. The poster will be distributed to 7- to 15-year-olds at their first post-arrest interview with New York City probation officers.
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Rethinking the Politics of Crime
An essay in the Crime Report by Greg Berman looks at the challenges of policymaking in the media spotlight.
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David Kennedy: Innovating New Approaches to Justice (Part II)
In a presentation to staff at the Center for Court Innovation, Professor David Kennedy, the director of the Center for Crime Prevention & Control at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, shares some of what he's learned through his decades of experience innovating new approaches to addressing gang violence and open-air drug dealing. Excerpts from the first part of Kennedy's presentation aired in June.
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Failures Are Key To Public Safety Success
An op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Center for Court Innovation director Greg Berman makes the case for why the justice system needs more trial and error.
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Urban Institute: Failure Is Public Policy’s Stepladder to Success
On July 16, 2010, the Urban Institute organized a forum to discuss public policies and programs that went awry, failed, or somehow fell short of the mark. Center for Court Innovation director Greg Berman was one of the featured speakers.
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Center for Court Innovation Convenes Hill Briefing
The Center for Court Innovation sponsored a Congressional briefing on June 7, 2010, on the topic of "Innovation in Hard Times: How to Reduce both Crime and Incarceration." Greg Berman questioned a panel of four experts, including New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, on the topic of reducing crime and incarceration.
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New York Times Credits Problem-Solving Courts with Helping Reduce Jail Population
A New York Times article points out that "community courts in Midtown Manhattan, Brooklyn, Harlem and the Bronx, as well as drug courts and mental health courts, are meting out alternative sentences like street cleaning or drug treatment instead of jail time."
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Dads United for Parenting at the Midtown Community Court is Selected as Finalist in Competition
Green Mountain Coffee and Ashoka's Changemakers select the Midtown Community Court as a finalist for their Revelation to Action competition.
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New Online Training
The Center and the New York Court System launch on-line learning system for drug court professionals.
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Drug Czar in Red Hook
In May, Gil Kerlikowske toured the Red Hook Community Justice Center.
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For Chronic Truants, A Day in Attendance Court
New York Times story on the Center for Court Innovation's effort to combat truancy in Harlem.
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Newark Youth Court Graduation
Mayor Cory Booker speaks at first-ever Newark Youth Court graduation.
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New York State Youth Court Conference
The Center helped to convene a gathering of youth courts in Albany.
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Podcast: Confronting Gender Violence in Afghanistan
Kristine Herman, the Center for Court Innovation's director of global gender initiatives, talks about her three-month assignment in Afghanistan.
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Community Perceptions of Red Hook, Brooklyn: Views of Quality of Life, Safety, and Services
This report provides the results of a regular community survey focusing on perceptions of neighborhood quality of life, public safety, and criminal justice agencies in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a geographically and socially isolated neighborhood that is home to the Red Hook Community Justice Center. The findings show many positive changes since previous survey administrations.
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Do Reentry Courts Reduce Recidivism? Results from the Harlem Parole Reentry Court
In this first-ever rigorous test of a specialized reentry court, the Center finds that the Harlem Parole Reentry Court produced a significant reduction in re-convictions for new crimes, yet also led to increased parole revocations for technical violations.
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Podcast: Manhattan's New District Attorney in Harlem
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. speaks at the Harlem Community Justice Center.
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Podcast: Professor Anthony Thompson on Reentry
New York University Law Professor Anthony Thompson discuses his new book, "Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities: Reentry, Race, and Politics."
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Center Named "Innovation of the Week"
The Leader to Leader Institute highlighted the Center for receiving the Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation.
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The Battle over D.A.R.E
A new paper examines the complicated relationship between research and practice.
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